Reverie (Desktop 11)

I hope it wasn't too pretentious to put this little presentation together - that's just what happens when I start having fun in Photoshop.

 

Fellow Lifehacker readers will be interested to know that every program in the shot, visible or under the hood, is free. I spend a lot of time tweaking my desktop, so what you see here has survived a pretty rigorous natural selection process. As listed in the image:

 

Theme:

- SlanXP 2.0. Requires patched uxtheme.dll - patcher here.

- Wallpaper: "Reverie" by Digital Blasphemy.

 

Startups:

- Autohotkey. See the note in the upper-right corner.

- Launchy. My beloved.

- Yod'm 3D 1.4. Last free version before it became Deskspaces. Probably the closest thing to Compiz Fusion you can get for Windows.

- Taskbar Shuffle. I swear, it's worth it just for middle-clicking to close windows.

- Start Killer.

 

Programs usually running:

- Samurize. I made the config myself, which you're welcome to download here in a few different resolutions.

- Google Desktop. Solely for the gadgets.

 

I've added a few other details as notes. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. I love talking about this stuff.

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